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All the photos on the left of the page were taken by Barry Finch
The early days of road steam preservation overlapped with some engines still working for a living.  Barry Finch published a number of well known photo albums of those years of the 1950s. We are very grateful that he has most kindly donated a number of excellent prints to the club showing ploughing engines at work showing John Patten and other operators.

Hands on 2005 - Lighting up on Sunday Fowler Singles

2006  Challenge

2 Fowler BB1's Peace & Victory
14726 Peace               14727 Victory

Fowler BB1 Achilles, dredging

Achilles dredging   Hands on 2003

Challenge 2006

Taylor brothers at work
Taylor Brothers

Hands on 2005 Fowler Single 2861

Mike Culver, Richard Wade, Paul Ransley, Peter Stanier

Richard Wade L, Steve Kibble R

Fowler15420 & 15421 named Sir Johns lady
15420& 15421

Fowler 15183 Ajax

Fowler 15183 Ajax

BB1 drivers view

BB1

Fowler 15420
Fowler 15420

Participants at the Hands on Weekend

Hands On 2005

Fowler 4 furrow balance plough ex Collins Inkberrow

Fowler Burrell

2 engines FowlerAA/ZA  Windsor & (possibly) Sandringham
Windsor & Sandringham ?

Hands on 2007

Daniels family

The Daniel family

Windsor 15Fowler AA/ZA 15364 Windsor at High Wych, Herts about 1950
15364 Windsor    1950 High Wych, Herts

Steaming up   march 2000

 On the MacLaren
2006 Challenge. Chairman Hales consults with Ken Hicks on the Mac while the late Reg Beeby looks on

Fowler AA6 number 13877
13877

October 1998

Roger Hailes & 15 tons of coal
Roger Hales and 15 tons of coal at the 2006 Challenge.  Two days later it was gone!

Fowler BB  14384  Princess
14384  Princess

McLaren 16 hp 1552

McLaren 16 hp 1552 with BB1 15164. Dorset 2004

Spywheel with Charles Daniel on 15163.

possibly 15365  AA7/ZA
possibly 15365  AA7/ZA

Coaling up - Z7 and plough

Coaling up - Z7 and plough 

15183 Ajax with cultivator

15183 Ajax with cultivator        M Barter & N Day

Fowler BB1Tiny Tim 15226
Tiny Tim 15226

Bob Jeffrey explains how to set the plough

Bob Jeffrey explains how to set the plough

The Wilder and Fowler BB1 15206.  Dorset 2004

Fowler 15362 Lion
Fowler 15362 Lion

group on engine

BB1 15182 Achilles

BB1 15182 Achilles

L to R Harry Williams, Howard Bolton, John Garman, Mike Barter

plough

MacLaren 12 hp
MacLaren  12hp 1541

Fowler  BB1 15139
Fowler  BB1 15139

Fowler side drum single
 Fowler side drum single
  Saturday line up
Evening line up at the 2006 Challenge (16 out of 27 engines shown)
Hammond Single
2006  Challenge  Hammond Single 2267 ex Beeby
McLaren
Challenge 2006,  Ken Hicks Mac from the air

Fowler Z 7
Z7 L to R Alan Partridge, John Foulkes, Paul Ramsey, Roger Luck, John Durling

in front of engine

Fowler BB1

BB1 L Day & J Billard

Hands on 2003

BB1 Hands on 2003

Mike Goodman Instructing
Instructor Mike Goodman shows how it is.  Hands on 2004

Fowler 2267
Fowler 2267 is watered; Mick Hammond driving.  Hands on 2004

cultivator at the hands on weekend 2000

Hands On 2000

Fowler BB1 15164

Fowler BB1 15164 - Mick Smith driving, Dorset 2004

Fowler 15139
Fowler 15139 goes to work.  Hands on 2004

converted engine

Fowler BB1 15139

Fowler BB1 15139.  Hands on 2004

Fowler 2267

Fowler 2267.  Hands on 2004

Ajax with cultivator

Ajax with cultivator  Hands on 2003

 NR1213 from the air
 NR1213 from the air during the 2006 Challenge

Tiger

‘Tiger’ at sunset

 

Repulse
Repulse silhouette, diesel on horizon at the 2006 Challenge

Lighting up on Sunday
Lighting up in the Sunday morning mist, 2006 Challenge
Nottingham corporation 3/4 furrow plough
Nottingham corporation 3/4 furrow plough

 

Fowler plough
Michael Davies's Fowler 5/6 Furrow plough on its way to winning the cup at the 2006 Challenge

Tiger

Sean Symons and Jim Lowther with ‘Tiger’, 2006 Challenge

Challenge 2006 Fowler 1368 (L) Fowler 2267(R)

 

McLaren
Ken Hicks McLaren 1541, 2006 Challenge

BB diesel conversion
 The late Reg Beeby, its originator, on BB conversion with Basil Gibbons

Marchington BB1
Alan Marchington’s BB1 looks good

2006 Challenge

 

Ken Hicks McLaren 1541

NR1213 and its partner NR1212
 SPC Chairman Roger Hales and Bill Wright in Beeby single NR1213 while its partner NR1212 waits silently behind

Line up
 Line up of AAs, Z7s, K7 and BB1.  2006 Challnge
  Fowler with the Howard
Unique pairing; Fowler side drum with Howard, 2006 Challenge
Sunday light up
2006 Challenge, Sunday light up, Howard in the foreground, ‘Tiger’ on left

 All pictures on this site are copyright of Barry Finch  and the Club or their members and must not be copied without permission.

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